Health: Prostate Cancer

Lord Strathclyde Excerpts
Monday 19th July 2010

(13 years, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Strathclyde Portrait Lord Strathclyde
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My Lords, with respect to the noble Baroness, we have not heard from a Conservative, so perhaps we can hear from the noble Lord.

Lord Lloyd-Webber Portrait Lord Lloyd-Webber
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My Lords, the Prostate UK charity reckons that 10,000 men a year die needlessly as a result of not being diagnosed with prostate cancer. I agree that the current PSA test is not wholly reliable, but will the Minister agree that all men over 50 should have the test and that their GPs should encourage them to do so?